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Tag: pain

2026-06-10

Completely Different

Jesus said "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these" Luke 18:16

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2026-05-24

Not Easy, But Possible

Are you presently going through any pain, suffering, or persecution because of your faith in Jesus? If so, I want to encourage you to not lose hope, give up, or give in.

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2026-03-08

From God’s Perspective

God transforms our hopeless grief into hope-filled grief. How? We long to know that our loved ones are safe in death.

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2025-12-11

Nothing Else But God

Gary, her husband of 20 years confessed to a long-term affair.  She was devastated.

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2025-08-26

The Thorn

Holding onto pain is like living with a thorn lodged in your heart that needs removed. Sometimes that means intentionally choosing to let it go even when that seems the most difficult thing to do, and yet you know for your own well-being it has to be done.

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2025-06-11

A Love Too Heavy

  Hatred will sour your outlook and break your back.  The load of bitterness is simply too heavy.  Your knees will buckle under the strain, and your heart will break beneath the weight.

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2025-06-10

Putting out the Welcome Mat

We are in the business of welcoming sons and daughters of the King, and that includes everyon - even those we'd rather not have in our family.

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2024-11-08

Getting Polished – Why Me Lord?

Father, thank You for the hardships You lead us through. You use them to make us more compassionate, more loving and kind. More tender.

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2024-09-28

Do I Want a Broken Heart?

“What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but

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2024-08-11

What Make the Wise, Wise?

Most real wisdom, the deep stuff, is formed in a crucible. Are you in a crucible? Are you going through something right now that threatens to embitter you?

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2023-11-28

The Companionship of Joy and Pain

Pain and Joy. They seem so diametrically opposed to one another and yet, their mutual presence is at the core of God’s rescue plan for us!

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2023-11-18

Suffering and Sovereignty

2 Corinthians 7:6 “But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.” Dear one, be comforted. We are part of the Body of Christ. And it’s through this Body that He ministers to us. Even in our darkest days.

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2023-11-17

The Hidden Causes of Anxiety

Experiences affect how people think about themselves and what they choose to believe. Sometimes negative events create a hurtful thought pattern that can play in someone’s brain in a continuous loop.

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2023-09-27

The Real God in the Midst of Real Pain

God did not rescue Jesus from the temptations of the Evil One. He gave Him power to resist. What do you do when you lose your dreams?

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2023-09-13

Hard Life Journey

Friend, God can use your pain-filled past to share the heavenly message of hope in Christ. Tell others how God loves you and by His grace gave you eternal comfort and a wonderful hope.

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2023-06-02

How to Respond in Suffering

Expressing one’s true feelings is not a lack of faith.

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2023-03-06

All Stressed Up and Nowhere to Go

In today's world it is virtually impossible to avoid stress. Almost everyone is carrying some amount of it, in varying degrees.

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2022-11-02

So Many Hurts

If hurts were hairs—we’d all look like grizzlies! So many hurts.  When teachers ignore your work, their neglect hurts. When your girlfriend drops you, when your husband abandons you, when the company fires you, it hurts.  Rejection always does.  People bring pain. Sometimes deliberately.  So where do you turn?

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2022-08-17

No More Pain

This is the Jesus I worship, the One who feels our pain and meets us in its midst.

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2021-11-23

Reconciliation

In Christ, we discover not only restored intimacy with God, but the pathway to healed fellowship with our family and our former friends. Jesus brings peace to our souls.

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2021-07-15

The Highway to Zion

Each of us has times of weeping when our hearts and hopes seem crushed. Because God has placed in our hearts "highways to Zion," however, we pass through valleys; we do not live in them.

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2019-08-29

Walking Away and Coming Home Again

What causes a person to close the door on their relationship with the Lord? Lose faith? What makes some Christians - walk away?

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2019-07-07

Sorrowful to Thankful

"Thank you, God, that you comfort me through your Word. When my heart longs to have my son again, You comfort me I am so, so grateful."

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2012-10-28

Put Up a Firewall

By Helen Lescheid “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through.

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